Female psychopathologic profile during menopausal transition: a preliminary study.
Maturitas
; 56(4): 447-51, 2007 Apr 20.
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| ID: mdl-16963205
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To evaluate the psychopathological profile and the incidence of major depressive disorders in consecutive women attending a Menopause Clinic.METHODS:
Women attending outpatient menopause clinic at Filippo del Ponte Hospital in Varese (Italy), referring to the centre from 1 March to 30 April 2005, were invited to fill up a specific questionnaire while waiting for the visit. The questionnaire included demographics and history (e.g. current or past use of antidepressant drugs); symptoms check list (SCL-90-R); Beck depression inventory (BDI).RESULTS:
Sixty-four women were enrolled to the study. On the SCL-90-R, "somatic" symptoms cluster was the most frequent. Patients diagnosed as depressed using the Beck depression inventory (BDI) were 18 (28.1%). Thirteen (70%) of currently depressed women presented a positive history of depressive disorders. The analysis of depressed women according to previous depressive disorders revealed higher scores for women with positive history in both scales. Depressed patients have a significantly lower mean age compared to non-depressed patients (53.3+/-6.2 years versus 57.33+/-4.9 years, p=0.023).CONCLUSIONS:
Our preliminary data show a high correlation between a history of depressive disorder and recurrence of depression in the menopausal period. Perimenopause seems to be a higher risk period for the development of a depressive disease compared to menopausal status. The somatization cluster warrants further investigation.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Menopausia
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Trastorno Depresivo
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Maturitas
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia